Apple cake is named Dorset's national dish

February 11, 2007: Badger’s search for the national Dish of Dorset — a recipe to take its place alongside the Cornish Pasty, Yorkshire Pudding and Lancashire Hotpot as the signature dish of its county — discovered eight mouth-watering creations that all feature in the new Badger recipe card set.

The winning dish — Dorset apple cake, by Greg Coomer — and the seven runners-up all combine to make a delicious set of recipes, which are easy to prepare and won’t take up too much time in the kitchen.

Rick Payne, brands marketing manager at Hall & Woodhouse, said: "Badger’s fourth set of recipe cards is a celebration of Dorset’s finest ingredients. Over 250 dishes were entered into Dorset’s National Dish competition and the final eight really were the cream of the crop.”

Each of the eight recipe cards have been matched with a delicious bottle of Badger ale. The dishes are:

l Organic honey gammon steak, supplied by Dan Green, of Twelve Green Acres organic farm shop, Wareham
l The great Dorset sausage fayre, supplied by Antony Marshall, of True Lovers Knot, Tarrant Keyneston
l Melcombe toasted venison, supplied by Janet Pook, of Best in Dorset Farmer’s Markets
l Honeyed pork tenderloin with Dorset Blue Vinny sauce, supplied by Ben Thebe, of the Blackhorse Pub, Sturminster Marshall
l John’s Dorset panhandle, supplied by John Parkes
l Country lamb pie, supplied by Martin Aldridge, of Bridport Gourmet Pies
l Dorset apple cake, supplied by Greg Coomer
l Dorset apple meringues. supplied by Volkan Aydogdu

All four sets of the recipe cards are free to download from www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk